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Nbc gas mask filters usa histoy8/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Cesium is absorbed by your system in the same way, and effects lymph nodes and tissues. If you look at Cesium, it is in the same row as Potassium. I’ve shown the Periodic Table of Elements before in some of these articles, because the fallout of radionuclides is a danger that we will most likely see in our lifetimes. Who knows if the next chemical agent will be designed to burn through gas masks and MOP suits? It isn’t like getting them to test your new snazzy chemical against is difficult. I personally do have a full fighting MOP suit, but I don’t think I would take it with me if I had to bug out. They just aren’t that effective as a weapon of war, and just a gas mask isn’t going to protect you anyway because many chemical agents are designed to burn through clothing. Chemical weapons themselves are considered a fear weapon even on the battlefield, forcing the enemy to don chemical suits to fight. Nobody, no matter how ruthless the bogeyman, is going to expend those resources to kill a handful of people in suburbia, or in a survival bunker, unless it is a single event for media publicity. Every one of those shells that make one circle each have to be carried to the battlefield and shot from a piece of heavy equipment. Boom, an artillery shell explodes and the gas envelopes a circle of 100 yards or more. Mustard gas is a weapon of war, and a very localized weapon usually delivered by artillery shells, as are most chemical dispersants. But chemical weapons, and gas masks to stop chemical weapons, aren’t all that relevant in suburbia. We have all seen the pictures of people frozen and decomposing from a miserable death from mustard gas, and yes, it is horrifying. NBC Scenarios on the Ground – An OverviewĬhemical weapons are the ultimate evil for the bogeymen of Fox News fear porn. For children, the Russian PDF and PDF-2 masks are cheap, and they are in the same price range and take the same filters. Cheap Russian GP-5 gas masks and filters work fine, and sell for as little as $15 each with filters. Masks are only a short term solution, but if they are needed, to move outside from a radiation hot location to one that isn’t reading so high on your meters, there is no effective replacement. The only probable need for a gas mask in a genuine survival world is in the event of nuclear war, or if one or more nuclear reactors melt down, so the need for bug out masks for the family is real. I expect this article to get long so I will give you the basics of what you can go buy now very cheap if you want. In lots like these you can often get GP-5s with filters for $10 each shipped from Eastern Europe. If you don’t have time to read through this whole article, in short, the Russian GP-5 is an adult mask that works great and comes in several sizes, for well under $20 each with a filter. Which ones work? Can you get away with the cheap models? I heard Russian filters have asbestos? And what about kids? Are there any gas masks for traveling with children? Hello!” But what do those scenarios look like on the ground if/when they happen, and what help will a gas mask be if they do? Also, what’s the budget? You can find gas masks with NBC filters on Ebay for $10 up to $700 sometimes. “NBC” stands for nuclear, biological and chemical, so the answer is obviously “well duh, that. The first thing that many survivalists buy is often a gas mask, but they seldom ask themselves why. #8 – Russian GP-5 with Swiss filter on it. ![]() #3- Serbian mask with 60mm thread filters. They are #1- a $16 Vietnamese cheek pouch mask that only has one filter, (not mentioned in the article). You absolutely do not need to spend big bucks on a gas mask like #4 in this picture, which is one of my Scott masks I purchased just after 911. ![]()
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